Washington Adventist University Presents Annual Christmas Concert on Friday, December 4

Takoma Park, MD (October 21, 2015) The annual Christmas Concert presented by Washington Adventist University’s Department of Music will take place this year on Friday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church in Takoma Park. The church is located at 7700 Carroll Avenue, near the intersection with Flower Avenue.

The concert is free and open to the public, and parking is available across Flower Avenue and behind the church along Greenwood Avenue.

Students from the university’s Department of Music will perform Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria as well as traditional Christmas music reflecting the spirit of the season. There will be performances by the Pro Musica, the Columbia Collegiate Chorale, and the New England Youth Ensemble of Washington Adventist University.

These students regularly perform on the stages of such prestigious venues as The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. and Carnegie Hall, New York City. They also perform internationally – most recently during a June tour of Australia that included performances in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County, Maryland’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. A total of 1,100 students of all faiths participate in the university’s eight graduate and 32 undergraduate programs. The 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.

Media Contacts:

Angie Crews, 301-891-4134, acrews@wau.edu
Donna Bigler, 240-286-1169, dbigler@wau.edu